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Creativity(创造性)is the key to a brighter future, say education and business experts. Here is how schools and parents can encourage this important skill in children.
If Dick Drew had listened to his boss in 1925, we might not have a product that we now think of as very important: a new type of tape. Drew worked for the Minnesota Mining Company. At work he developed a kind of material strong enough to hold things together. But his boss told him not to think more about the idea. Finally, using his own time, Drew improved the tape, which now is used everywhere by many people. And his former company learned from its mistake. Now it encourages people to spend 15 percent of their work time just thinking and developing new ideas.
Creativity is not something one is just born with, nor is it necessarily an indicator of high intelligence. Just that a person is highly intelligent does not mean that he uses it creatively. Creativity is the matter of using the resources one has to produce new ideas that are good for something.
Unfortunately, schools have not tried to encourage creativity. With strong attention paid to test results and the development of reading, writing and mathematical skills, many educators give up creativity for correct answers. The result is that children can give back information but can’t recognize ways to use it in new situations. They may know the rules correctly, but they are unable to use them to work out practical problems.
It is important to give children choices. From an early age, children should be allowed to make decisions and understand their results. Even if it’s choosing between two food items for lunch, decision-making helps thinking skills. As children grow older, parents should let their children decide how to use their time or spend their money, but not help them too much if they make the wrong decision. The child may have a hard time, but that is all right. This is because the most important characteristic of creative people is a very strong desire to find a way out of trouble.
【小题1】What did the company where Dick Drew worked learn from its mistake?
A.They encouraged people to work longer. |
B.They discouraged people to think freely. |
C.They asked people to spend all their work time developing new ideas. |
D.They encouraged people to spend some of their work time considering and |
【小题2】Creativity is something ______.
A.that people are born with |
B.that depends on intelligence |
C.that is a way of using what one has learnt to work out new problems |
D.that is not important |
A.They don’t understand the importance of education. |
B.They don’t want their students to make mistakes. |
C.They pay too much attention to examination marks and language skills. |
D.They think it more important to remember information. |
A.Try to help them as much as possible. |
B.Take no notice of whatever they do. |
C.Help them if their decision is wrong, but not too much. |
D.Leave them as they are. |
Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experiences? Strangely enough, the answer to both these questions is yes. To some extent our intelligence is given us at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius out of a child born with low intelligence. On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings. Thus the limits of a person's intelligence are fixed at birth, but whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment. This view, now held by most experts, can be supported in a number of ways.
It is easy to show that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with. The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random(随机地) from the population,it is likely that their degrees of intelligence will be completely different. If on the other hand we take two identical (完全相同的) twins they will very likely be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth.
Imagine now that we take two identical twins and put them in different environments. We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring. We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth playsa part. This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all, are likely to have similar degrees of intelligence.
Which of these sentences best describes the writer’s point in Para. 1?
A. To some extent, intelligence is given at birth.
B. Intelligence is developed by the environment.
C. Some people are born clever and others born stupid.
D. Intelligence is fixed at birth, but is developed by the environment.
It is suggested in this passage that_______.
A. unrelated people are not likely to have different intelligence
B. close relations usually have similar intelligence
C. the closer the blood relationship between people, the more different they are likely
to be in intelligence
D. people who live in close contact with each other are not likely to have similar degrees
of intelligence
In Para. 1, the word "surroundings" means_______.
A. intelligence B. life
C. environments D. housing
The best title for this article would be_______.
A. On Intelligence
B. What Intelligence Means
C. We are Born with Intelligence
D. Environment Plays a Part in Developing Intelligence
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Putting Movies on Mobiles
Movies in the theater get their recognition at awards ceremonies such as the Oscars.But how about movies for phones? They are getting their turn at MoFilm — the first mobile film festival.
The first MoFilm competition received 250 entries from more than 100 countries.Entries were restricted to films that were five minutes or less in length — ideal for viewing and sharing on mobile phones.An independent jury then selected a shortlist of five film-makers.The winner was chosen from the shortlist by an audience voting using their phones.
New Platforms
The awards highlight the increasing impact that mobile phones are making in the entertainment industry.Many grassroots filmmakers start out with short films.They are thwarted by the lack of opportunities to screen their work.Therefore, mobile phones are increasingly being seen as a new platform for these short works.
It is a good place for anyone who wants to express themselves and find a way to have that expression be seen by a wide audience.Just think about how many people have mobile phones in the world!
New Technology Advances
MoFilm is pioneering content for mobile and online services that is a world away from Hollywood.The majority of films made for mobiles are now short in length, taking into account the screen size.However this could be overcome as technology advances.
In the near future, longer films will likely be seen on the mobile phone.And there are mobile companies creating phones where users can watch movies at higher quality.
Wherever you see movies, one thing is certain: the quality of work, the simple ability at story telling, and the thing that inspires someone to tell a story can really come from anywhere.
60.At the first MoFilm, ________.
A.movies in the theater got their recognition
B.more than 100 countries took part in the competition
C.ideal films were five minutes or less in length
D.the winner was chosen by experts’ voting
61.They are thwarted by the lack of opportunities to screen their work.The underlined word means “________”.
A.disappointed B.surprised C.frightened D.encouraged
62.Nowadays the majority of films made for mobiles are short in length because of ________.
A.online services B.the mobile phone C.technology advances D.the screen size
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22.—Boy, ____________
—It is, looks like spring is coming soon.
—Yeh, It'll just be a few more weeks.
A.it's really a nice day today, isn't it? |
B.what knid of weather are we going to have today? |
C.do you think it is going to rain today? |
D.what' it like outside today? |
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第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
Mary had her own special kind of joy, and she knew exactly how to spread it around. She lifted children from 31 into laughter, love, and belonging. Each time she found a new 32 for a child, she gave the family one of her little homemade paper roses. It had become a 33 for her, and the families didn't ever forget it.
One evening, Mary was 34 a meeting for adoptive parents. One of the 35 fathers stood up to introduce himself. But before he spoke, he reached into his coat pocket and held up a 36 , red paper rose.
“Twenty years ago today, I felt alone and 37 . I didn't know the talents inside me or what was possible for me.
Then Mary 38 two wonderful people into my life. They taught me what it was like to feel 39 . They not only loved me 40 . They opened a world of 41 that I didn't know existed. My new parents told me, ‘Reach for your dreams!’
I did, and today I'm 42 to be giving that chance to a child who 43 just like me. My mother gave me this little rose. By now, all of you 44 where she got it so long ago.
Mary sent me a new rose just yesterday. And my new rose 45 a new spring, a beautiful new 46 for my own little girl. It 47 me to show her what unconditional love is, and to teach her to reach for her own beautiful dreams.
Thank you, Mary, for the special little things like roses that 48 our lives together. And thank you for all you've done for me and so many families over the years!”
One brief even can send our spirits soaring or 49 us in quiet to ponder a new beginning. 50 it is also the very small things, like Mary's roses, that tie together the meaningful things.
31.A. poverty B. loneliness C. misery D. suffering
32.A. home B. place C. school D. life
33.A. glory B. favor C. habit D. tradition
34.A. organizing B. planning C. hosting D. attending
35. A. new B. grateful C. kind D. active
36. A. broken B. faded C. treasured D. dried
37.A. tasteless B. powerless C. priceless D. worthless
38.A. directed B. introduced C. brought D. accepted
39.A. loved B. protected C. cared D. cheered
40.A. silently B. continuously C. unintentionally D. unconditionally
41.A. necessities B. possibilities C. beauties D. riches
42.A. eager B. willing C. proud D. lucky
43.A. started out B. came up C. turned out D. grew up
44.A. understand B. guess C. tell D. know
45.A. replaces B. symbolizes C. equals D. creates
46.A. chance B. mystery C. challenge D. beginning
47.A. reminds B. helps C. accompanies D. drives
48.A. fix B. close C. tie D. gather
49.A. cause B. push C. put D. leave
50.A. Yet B. Besides C. Otherwise D. Therefore